Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents 4
3. Preface 6
4. Introduction: Cities and Their Districts 7
5. Abandoibarra, Bilbao 12
6. Adlershof, Berlin 18
7. Ancoats, Manchester 22
8. Belgravia, London 30
9. Boundary Street Estate, London 34
10. Bournville, Birmingham 40
11. Bryggen, Bergen 46
12. Cary, Raleigh 50
13. The City, London 56
14. Dorchester, Boston 64
15. Eastern Harbour, Amsterdam 70
16. Encino, Los Angeles 76
17. False Creek, Vancouver 80
18. Fashion District, New York 86
19. Forest Hills Gardens, New York 90
20. The Ghetto, Venezia 94
21. Grands Boulevards, Paris 100
22. Greenbelt, Maryland 106
23. Hollywood, Los Angeles 110
24. Hoxton, London 114
25. Hufeisensiedlung, Berlin 120
26. Isle of Dogs, London 126
27. Kentlands, Gaithersburg 132
28. The Kuip, Gent 136
29. La Défense, Paris 140
30. Levittown, New York 146
31. Little Saigon, Los Angeles 150
32. The Loop, Chicago 154
33. Lower 9th District, New Orleans 160
34. Le Marais, Paris 164
35. Mission District, San Francisco 170
36. New Town, Edinburgh 174
37. Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia 180
38. Pike Place, Seattle 186
39. Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin 190
40. Quadrilatero della moda, Milano 194
41. Riverside, Chicago 198
42. Scharnhauser Park, Stuttgart 202
43. Schöneberg, Berlin 206
44. Shaw, Washington, D.C. 210
45. South Beach, Miami 218
46. SouthPark, Charlotte 224
47. Spitalfields, London 228
48. Temple Bar, Dublin 234
49. Theatreland, London 240
50. Trastevere, Roma 248
51. Tysons Corner, Virginia 252
52. Quartier Vauban, Freiburg im Breisgau 256
53. Zähringerstadt, Bern 262
54. Zona Tortona, Milano 266
55. Index 273